Former Mayor Bill de Blasio fired off a series of gleeful posts on X that reveled in the broadsides against Cuomo and lauded the performances of Comptroller Brad Lander, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and state Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist who is polling second behind Cuomo.

Far-left Democratic New York State Rep. Zohran Mamdani, once a long-shot candidate, appears to have emerged as a top contender

The debate saw the former governor attacked for his sexual harassment allegations, nursing home scandal, and other issues.